CCTV News (News Network): On the eve of presiding over the China-Central Asia Summit in Xi'an on the 17th, General Secretary Xi Jinping specially listened to the work report of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government and delivered an important speech. General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that in promoting Chinese-style modernization, Shaanxi should have the ambition and courage to stand at the head of the tide and compete to be the tide of the times, strive to catch up, dare to surpass, and play an exemplary role in the western region. On the way to Shaanxi, the general secretary also inspected the Yuncheng Museum and Yuncheng Salt Lake in Shanxi. The general secretary's important instructions aroused strong repercussions among the broad masses of cadres and the masses. Everyone expressed that they should work together, work hard, and constantly create new brilliance on the new journey.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in his speech that in order to catch up and surpass Shaanxi, it must make new breakthroughs in strengthening scientific and technological innovation and building a modern industrial system. The general secretary's instructions and requirements have lifted the spirit of the cadres and masses who have devoted themselves to the field of scientific and technological innovation. In Xi'an High-tech Zone, at present, it is accelerating the layout of strategic scientific and technological forces, accelerating the construction of 54 key projects, continuously integrating the innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain and talent chain, and striving to build a national important scientific research and cultural and educational center, high-tech industry and manufacturing base.

Strive to work hard and promote common prosperity. General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that vigorously develop characteristic industries in accordance with local conditions, promote the integrated development of rural primary, secondary and tertiary industries, and broaden the channels for farmers to increase income and become rich. The general secretary's speech was full of earnest concern for agriculture, rural areas, and peasants. In Luoyang County, in the Qinba Mountains, villagers are planting Chinese medicinal materials Tianma in smart greenhouses, and now a modern Chinese medicine industry demonstration park covering the whole chain of planting, processing, research and development has been built here, and the vitality of agricultural and rural development has been continuously enhanced.

To protect the mother river of the Yellow River, General Secretary Xi Jinping is here. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the ecological protection of the Yellow River Basin should be taken as the benchmark for Shaanxi's high-quality development.

Shenmu City, Yulin, Shaanxi Province, is located in the Yellow River, and these days, the local area is stepping up the planting of new saplings along the yellow shelter forest. This year, Shaanxi will deeply implement the project of improving quality and efficiency and high-quality development along the Yellow Shelter Forest, and will complete afforestation of more than 500 million mu and accelerate the construction of green corridors on the west bank of the Yellow River.

Efforts should be made to expand opening up to the outside world and build a highland of inland reform and opening up. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that Shaanxi should take the initiative to integrate into and serve the construction of a new development pattern, and more deeply integrate into the overall pattern of jointly building the "Belt and Road". A few days ago, the station project of China-Kazakhstan (Xi'an) Trade and Logistics Co., Ltd. officially started, and will become an important cargo distribution base for Kazakhstan in China in the future.

General Secretary Xi Jinping is concerned about the ecological and cultural relics protection of the Yellow River Basin. On the way to Shaanxi, the general secretary inspected the Yuncheng Museum and the Yuncheng Salt Lake in Shanxi. At the Yuncheng Museum, the general secretary stressed that it is necessary to comprehensively improve the level of protection and utilization of cultural relics and the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage. In Yuncheng Salt Lake, he urged everyone to coordinate the protection and utilization of work.